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US 12,287,137 B2Granted
Snow making apparatus
AssigneeEspec Corp.
InventorsHiroyuki Enoki, Kouki Sakane, Koshi Tamura
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Abstract
A snow making apparatus includes: a snow making container having an inner space for snow making; a supply unit configured to supply fine snow or fine water droplets to the inner space; a catching unit configured to catch the fine snow or the fine snow formed of the water droplets; and a drive unit configured to move the catching unit toward a place where the fine snow is flying in the inner space. The catching unit is configured to be shaken thereby making snow caught by the catching unit fall off from the catching unit.
Claims18
A snow making apparatus comprising:
- a snow making container having an inner space for snow making;
- a supply unit configured to supply fine snow or fine water droplets to the inner space;
- a catching unit for catching the fine snow or fine snow formed from the water droplets;
- and
- a drive unit configured to move the catching unit toward a place where the fine snow is flying in the inner space,
- wherein the catching unit is configured to be shaken thereby making snow caught by the catching unit fall off from the catching unit, wherein
- the supply unit includes:
- a snow making nozzle configured to jet the water droplets;
- and
- a snow making duct configured to guide the fine snow formed from the water droplets jetted from the snow making nozzle to the inner space, wherein
- the snow making duct includes an outflow port through which the fine snow is made to flow out, and the outflow port opens toward the region where the catching unit passes.
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A snow making apparatus, comprising:
- a snow making container having an inner space for snow making;
- a supply unit configured to supply fine snow or fine water droplets to the inner space;
- a catching unit for catching the fine snow or fine snow formed from the water droplets;
- and
- a drive unit configured to move the catching unit toward a place where the fine snow is flying in the inner space, wherein
- the catching unit is configured to fall off the snow from the catching unit by being shaken by wind pressure from the supply unit.
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A snow making apparatus, comprising:
- a snow making container having an inner space for snow making;
- a supply unit configured to supply fine snow or fine water droplets to the inner space;
- a catching unit for catching the fine snow or fine snow formed from the water droplets;
- a drive unit configured to move the catching unit toward a place where the fine snow is flying in the inner space;
- and
- a support member configured to support the catching unit,
- wherein the catching unit is supported by the support member in a slackened state, and
- the catching unit is configured to be shaken thereby making snow caught by the catching unit fall off from the catching unit.
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A snow making apparatus comprising:
- a snow making container having an inner space for snow making;
- a supply unit configured to supply fine snow or fine water droplets to the inner space;
- a catching unit for catching the fine snow or fine snow formed from the water droplets;
- a drive unit configured to move the catching unit toward a place where the fine snow is flying in the inner space;
- a fall-off unit configured to make snow caught by the catching unit fall off from the catching unit;
- and
- a support member configured to support the catching unit, wherein the catching unit is supported by the support member in a slackened states.
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A snow making apparatus, comprising:
- a snow making container having an inner space for snow making;
- a supply unit configured to supply fine snow or fine water droplets to the inner space;
- a catching unit for catching the fine snow or fine snow formed from the water droplets;
- a drive unit configured to move the catching unit toward a place where the fine snow is flying in the inner space;
- and
- a fall-off unit configured to make snow caught by the catching unit fall off from the catching unit, wherein
- the supply unit includes:
- a snow making nozzle configured to jet the water droplets;
- and
- a snow making duct configured to guide the fine snow formed from the water droplets jetted from the snow making nozzle to the inner space, wherein
- the snow making duct includes an outflow port through which the fine snow is made to flow out, and the outflow port opens toward the region where the catching unit passes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.